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I agree, brandishing SS symbols is misplaced and wrong by however few actually do it. Honestly, you opened my eyes a bit. Growing up in western Ukraine, my half

I agree, brandishing SS symbols is misplaced and wrong by however few actually do it. Honestly, you opened my eyes a bit. Growing up in western Ukraine, my half-Polish family told stories of the Lviv pogroms and how numerous Ukrainians provided shelter for Jewish families and helped them hide but I never knew the extent of Ukrainian participation.

justsomehnguy 5y ago
> I never knew the extent of Ukrainian participation ... and UPA[0] is just a resistance movement against Nazi Germany and Soviet Russia, right? It was "fun" to see UPA flags proudly flying in earlier videos in /r/CombatFootage. [0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Insurgent_Army#Massacres_of_Poles_in_Volhynia_and_Eastern_Galicia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ukrainian_Insurgent_Army#Massa...